Leviathan 4

Leviathan #4

by Forrest Aguirre (Editor)

Following up on the World Fantasy Award-winning Leviathan 3, Leviathan 4 is a Baedeker of the fantastical, exploring the character of cities and the city as character, mapping the streets of the imagination. This fourth volume of the Leviathan series takes the reader to a variety of cities in all their splendor and decadence. Explore the streets of the imagination, wander the byways, and hear the stories of these fantastical foci with such authors as Philip K. Dick Award winner Stepan Chapman, International Horror Guild Award Winner Michael Cisco, and "The Etched City" author KJ Bishop.Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

Genres: Fantasy, Anthologies, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Short Stories

Hardcover

First published April 1, 2004

About the author

Forrest's short fiction has appeared in over fifty venues, including Asimov's, Gargoyle, Apex, and Vasterien. He is a World Fantasy Award winner for his editorial work, with Jeff VanderMeer, on the Leviathan 3 anthology. His novel, Heraclix & Pomp was published October, 2014 by the Underland Press imprint of Resurrection House press. His shorter work has been collected in Fugue XXIX (Raw Dog Screaming Press), and is also available at the Kindle store or on Smashwords at:

https://www.smashwords.com/profile/vi...

Reviews

[Karl · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of 100 signed un-numbered copies of the Ministry of Whimsy copies of this book.

There are some great stories here.

[Ursula Pflug · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book and not just because I'm in it. I ordered extra copies for the gallery a couple of years ago when Bill James, Shelagh Young and Doug Back created a multimedia dance/installation piece funded by the Ontario Arts Council. Inspired by The Wizard of Wardenclyffe, my paean to Nicola Tesla, the work showed at Dancemaker's in Toronto, at Emergency in Peterborough, and at Pentimento Fine Arts in Toronto. More info on that project excerpted below from my website at http://ursulapflug.ca. The story has since been reprinted in After the Fires, my 2008 Tightrope Books collection.

Domestic Science

Thursday, April 10, 2008 - Sunday, April 27, 2008
PENTIMENTO Fine Art Gallery
1164 QUEEN STREET EAST at Jones
Toronto, ON

Showcasing works by multimedia artists Doug Back, Shelagh Young and performances by Bill James, Ryan Kerr and Kate Story.

The starting point for this multi-media extravaganza was The Wizard of Wardenclyffe, my short story about Nicola Tesla, published in the World Fantasy Award winning Leviathan anthology series and reprinted in After The Fires.

An earlier version of this project, entitled Electron, was presented at Emergency, the Peterborough based new dance series, at Market Hall on April 3rd, 4th and 5th.

The audience can look forward to mysterious technological surprises, including a scene in which James will don a copper Faraday jacket created by Shelagh Young, and scan ambient electrical spill (and possibly human EM fields) aided by sensors built by Doug Back and Shelagh Young.

[Ross Lockhart · Rating 5 out of 5]

If all you think the fantasy genre has to offer is endless scenes of elves and orcs battering one another’s brains in, then you really need to get out more often, or at the very least, pick up this book, which offers a convincing rebuttal. Contained herein is modern urban literary fantasy, a double handful of stories by the likes of K.J. Bishop, Jay Lake, and Ben Peek. With a touch of what they tried to sell you in college as "magical realism," a dash of Surrealism, a dollop of pulp, and a sprinkling of noir, and not an orc or elf in the bunch, this collection deftly demonstrates just how wide a literary playground fantasy can be.

[Forrest · Rating 5 out of 5]

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My friend, Stepan Chapman, passed away on January 27th, 2014. I share my thoughts, and my sorrow, here.

[Jonathan Wood · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brilliant, eye-opening collection of weird fiction.